What is meant by their saying: "The command of a thing implies the prohibition of its opposite in terms of meaning"?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The scholars of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence) state that the command of a thing is a prohibition of its opposite, and the prohibition of a thing is a command of one of its opposites. However, according to the people of the Sunnah and the community, this is by meaning, and not by the wording itself.
The Shaykh:
Is that not so?
The questioner:
It is not by the wording itself. He asks: What is meant by their saying "by meaning" and not "by the wording itself"?
The Shaykh:
That is, it is necessary, meaning that the command of a thing necessitates the prohibition of its opposite. This is the view of some scholars of usul al-fiqh, not the view of all of them, as there is scholarly disagreement on this matter.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The scholars of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence) state that the command of a thing is a prohibition of its opposite, and the prohibition of a thing is a command of one of its opposites. However, according to the people of the Sunnah and the community, this is by meaning, and not by the wording itself.
The Shaykh:
Is that not so?
The questioner:
It is not by the wording itself. He asks: What is meant by their saying "by meaning" and not "by the wording itself"?
The Shaykh:
That is, it is necessary, meaning that the command of a thing necessitates the prohibition of its opposite. This is the view of some scholars of usul al-fiqh, not the view of all of them, as there is scholarly disagreement on this matter.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3035- 4717] ما المراد بقولهم: يلزم من الأمر بالشيء النهي عن ضده من حيث المعنى؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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